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Ghost in Reflection
Ghost in Reflection
Jessica_SLC


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Challenge: Table Shot II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: SLC, Utah (my living room)
Date: Jan 28, 2007
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/20
Galleries: Interior, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Jan 30, 2007

 This image is completely unedited. The only changes made to this file were the file name, and resizing (the file was to large to submit otherwise). I set my camera on the coffee table, and shot with a very small depth of field, centered on the wicker of the table. I decided to try a self portait on this one, since the self would appear as more of a ghost than a shot that screamed \"hey, look at me!\"

I set my camera to timer, framed and focused my image, hit the shutter release, ran, and sat on the floor--against the wall. it was about a half hour prior to sunset. The sun was flowing in through a west-facing window to my right. minimal light filtered in through an east-facing window to my left. only those two natural light sources were used.

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Place: 125 out of 180
Avg (all users): 4.9953
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 4.9577
Avg (non-participants): 5.0141
Views since voting: 931
Views during voting: 358
Votes: 213
Comments: 13
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/06/2007 01:42:29 PM
didn't catch me
 02/05/2007 11:25:38 AM
I think the girl in the picture should have been in focus rather than the table.
 02/03/2007 09:34:32 PM
Interesting idea, but the photo somehow just doesn't 'click'
 02/02/2007 08:18:32 AM
Needs a bit tighter crop from the top, otherwise I like it.
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 02/01/2007 11:34:00 PM
I would rather have seen the girl in focus than the edge of the table.
 02/01/2007 03:00:09 PM
I think this would work better for me if one of the faces were focused sharply, either the mirror or the person.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/01/2007 10:48:37 AM
I would have liked to see what this looked like if she was in focus and not the wicker on the table.. I think the reflection would still come through with the correct lighting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/31/2007 03:45:27 PM
The girl would have been better in focus
 01/31/2007 12:57:51 PM
good idea
 01/31/2007 07:11:49 AM
nice, I wonder how it would look like without sqware things reflecting in the mirrow.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/31/2007 03:56:02 AM
good DOF. overall a bit too dark. don't like the tilt.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/31/2007 01:23:19 AM
hey I like this a lot! Great idea - would have been nice to make those vertical lines vertical - and running levels to make your whites whiter would add a lot of tonal range that's kind of missing.

But a great first effort! I'm so proud!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/31/2007 12:59:36 AM
DOf is poor, either girl or her reflection should have been in focus not the edge of the table. Also the lighting is a bit flat IMHO
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